Notable Representations

• Successfully represented a multi-million dollar privately held corporation in a breach of warranty claim filed against an international manufacturer involving a significant capital investment the corporation made in commercial products that were defective resulting in a settlement recovery of $650,000.
• Successfully represented a commercial developer in a multi-million dollar dispute over defects in the design and construction of a new multi-million dollar commercial office building resulting in a substantial confidential settlement for the developer.
• Successfully defended an action asserted by an alleged purchaser of a pool of loans for breaches of three separate promissory notes.
• Successfully represented a general contractor in a contractual and mechanic’s lien claim filed against a commercial property owner for non-payment under the Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act and for breach of the AIA commercial construction contract.
• Successfully defended an action brought against a general contractor for alleged workmanship defects.
• Served as co-counsel in a real estate tax assessment trial on behalf of a developer that resulted in an assessment reduction of over $1.5 million.
• Successfully represented a beneficiary of a life insurance policy who was initially denied life insurance benefits.
• Successfully represented a leading national builder of high performance modular commercial structures in a breach of contract action asserted against a general contractor.
• Co-defense counsel for a limited liability company in connection with a claim filed against it for indemnity and advancement that was ultimately dismissed.
• Served as co-counsel for a multi-million dollar company in an action asserted against a major international reinsurance company for the recovery of insurance as a third party beneficiary, which resulted in a favorable confidential settlement.
• Successfully represented a homeowner in claims against a general contractor for defective renovation work under the Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act and the Unfair Trade Practices, Consumer Protection Law.
• Obtained a substantial settlement on behalf of an individual initially denied insurance coverage under a Homeowners/Renters Policy.
• Successfully represented a regional landscaping company before the U.S. Department of Transportation involving fines assessed by Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration which were subsequently dropped.
• Successfully represented a homebuyer in a dispute with the seller over misrepresentations and violations of the Real Estate Settlement Disclosure Law.

Memberships

• Chester County Bar Association
• Delaware County Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• American Bar Association, Litigation Section
• Stively American Inn of Court, Board of Directors

Community Involvement

• Chester County Community Foundation, Imprints Steering Committee
• Chester County Bar Foundation, Fellow
• Habitat for Humanity, Volunteer
• Wills for Heroes
• Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania’s Birth Certificate Clinic, Volunteer
• Chester County High School Mock Trial Competition
• West Chester University Law Alumni Association
• West Chester Area YMCA, 2018 Board of Directors

Leadership

• Crime Victims’ Center of Chester County, Board of Directors (2018-present)
• Chester County Bar Association, Board of Directors (2016-2018)
• Chester County Bar Association, Young Lawyers’ Division – Chair (2017)
• Chester County Bar Association, Diversity Committee
• Chester County Bar Association, Pro Bono Committee
• Chester County Bar Association, Advocacy Academy Graduate (2015)
• Pennsylvania Bar Association, YLD Executive Council (Zone 9 Co-Chair)
• Pennsylvania Bar Association, Bar Leadership Institute Graduate (2016)
• Leadership Chester County Graduate (2016)

Publication

• Reforming the Business of Charter Schools in Pennsylvania, 2014 BYU Educ. & L.J. 207 (2014) (cited in Pennsylvania Supreme Justice David N. Wecht’s concurring opinion in Pocono Mountain School District v. Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2016 WL 7449250 (Pa. 2016))
• Subsequent Purchaser-User of a Newly Constructed Home Beware (Feb. 2015)
• Does Insurance Cover Contractors for Claims of Defective Work? (2016)

• Pennsylvania
• New Jersey
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
• United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

• J.D., Widener University School of Law
• B.A., West Chester University, magna cum laude

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